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bootstrap/6622: configure should fail if bison is not found



>Number:         6622
>Category:       bootstrap
>Synopsis:       configure should fail if bison is not found
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 10 04:56:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Josef Spillner
>Release:        CVS gcc-3_1-branch 10.05.2002
>Organization:
>Environment:
SuSE Linux 8.0
autoconf 2.52
>Description:
Bison is needed to compile gcc.
For example, within the target [all-gcc][c-parse.c].
However, if bison is not found during the configuration, the configure script does not complain.
   checking for bison... no
Yacc or Byacc are not installed either.
>How-To-Repeat:
Uninstall bison and remove config.cache, then rerun configure.
>Fix:
Bail out if no bison is found.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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